Polio this week – GPEI
Polio this week

Headlines 

  • Gaza response to detected variant poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) continues:  A two-round polio vaccination campaign kicked off­ on 1 September 2024 in Gaza, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). During each round of the campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and partners, will provide two drops of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to more than 640,000 children under ten years of age.  The campaign began successfully with all showing strong commitment.  More.
  • Gaza latest news:  please click here to access the just-published press release on the outcomes of the first phase of the polio campaign in Gaza.

Summary of new polioviruses this week, cases and positive environmental isolates:

  • Afghanistan: 1 WPV1 case
  • Pakistan:  8 WPV1-positive environmental samples
  • Côte d’Ivoire: 1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • DR Congo: two cVDPV2 cases
  • Egypt:  1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • Indonesia:  3 cVDPV2 cases
  • Niger:  2 cVDPV2 cases and 3 cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • Nigeria:  7 cVDPV2 cases and 1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • South Sudan:  2 cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • Sudan:  1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
Country updates as of 4 September 2024

More information on the countries that have reported cases and/or environmental samples this week.

  • 1 WPV1 case was reported, from Hilmand.  This brings the total number of cases reported this year to 18.

  • 8 WPV1-positive environmental samples were reported, from Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan.

  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported. There have been eight cases reported this year and 55 cases reported in 2023.

  • 1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported, from Abidjan 1.

  • No cVDPV1 case was reported this week. There have been five cases reported this year and 106 cases in 2023.
  • Two cVDPV2 cases were reported, from Tanganyika and Haut Katanga, both from 2023. There have been nine cases reported this year and 120 cases in 2023.

  • There are no polio cases reported in the country.
  • 1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week, from Cairo.

  • 3 cVDPV2 cases were reported this week, bringing the total number of cases in 2024 to 7.  The cases are from Banten, Papua Tengah and Papua Selatan.

  • 2 cVDPV2 cases were reported this week, bringing the total number of cases for 2024 to 9.  The cases are from Diffa and Zinder.
  • 3 cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported, from Niamey and Maradi.

  • 7 cVDPV2 cases were reported, bringing the total number of cases for 2024 to 49.  The cases are from Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe, Plateau and Kano.
  • 1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported, from Sokoto.

  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week. There have been eight cases reported this year and three in 2023.
  • 2 cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week, collected in Unity and Central Equatoria.

  • 1 cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week from White Nile.